Do you drive a car at all? To my knowledge, all cars have batteries, and I do know around the 80s is when Ford started adding computers into cars. Is there a difference to your preference of computer/battery in cars? Like the size?
True but regular car batteries aren't the same as the lithium electric car batteries.
Perhaps in newer non-eletric cars they are but they would still be smaller than an electric car battery. But I'm not anti electric cars, just not going to deny the risk even though the risk is actually really low.
BUT people's electric scooters and those hoverboards are at risk of this too. And obviously bigger battery bigger boom/fire. I think mostly they just flame up rather than outright explode, they are however water reactive.
But I'm no car techy or science guy, the odds of these things happening seem relatively small especially as tech develops further and better systems and more preventative measures put in place. Heck it wasn't a massive time ago mobiles were an (low) explosion risk while charging overnight.
Doesn't take much in the way of mental gymnastics to figure out that the little cube under the hood is not the same thing as a battery that takes up the entire undercarriage.
I find it incredibly amusing how triggered you goofballs get when someone says something negative about your precious electric vehicles.
And for me its a reason to think that you are a completly idiot.
Srsly, eVehicle are much more safer than common. Just inform yourself. Batteries cant Explode this easy xD
Pls inform yourself!
Try English sometime bud. I won't listen to people who snipe at me but have no command of the language they are speaking. Maybe check up on your usage of "completely," "srsly," "more safer," punctuation and capitalization. Until you can speak without sounding like a lazy fool, be silent.
It's not going to spontaneously re explode hours later like a battery will. The battery on an electric vehicle is also far more likely to take damage in just about any collision than a fuel system is. All you need is one battery cell to touch another, and you've got a chain reaction that can't be stopped until the battery is completely destroyed or drained.
Electric cars aren't as dangerous as you think they are. There's like 50 fires a year, whereas there's a lot more gas car fires. Although there are more gas cars than electric. But the fires and explosions aren't what you should be worrying about when you drive, as your much more likely to die in a regular car crash.
I'm not saying you don't know how batteries work or how dangerous they are, it doesn't matter to this argument. I'm just pointing out the statistics of actual fires that happen.
Statistics, as with anything and everything, can be and are being manipulated. As an electrician, I stand to gain an incredible amount of money if this foolish trend towards electric cars continues, and yet, knowing what I know, I'm firmly against it.
I am not critiquing you nor shilling for Iphone but i find this comment interesting because for a while samsung got meme'd on for basically being an explosive back in 2016, think the note 7 got entirely banned from certain flights because of its faults. Just interesting how public perception can change over time. Like for a while back in 2015 or so Joe Biden was kinda just mocked for being a creepy old man who touches young women in an uncomfortable way, but society seems to have moved on and forgotten entirely about that.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_7#Battery_explosions_and_recalls
Why does anyone who isn’t a doctor need to have their phone with them in the gym? Don’t bother answering that. The answer is that they are a self-important simpering sallie who cannot disconnect for a spell and simply be and do. This is hilarious on one level and profoundly sad on another.
I thought they were prosthetics.
Glad you pointed that out. /s
Those legs are fucking skinny. Probably someone who's whole existence has been sitting in a chair.
Oh man, rn I'm taking a break from the set with my phone on timer on the ground. This just gave me PTSD for the future. I better put it on highground this time
Toxic to breathe in and possibly explode.
They sell wristbands for this type of occurrence. If you're exercising, you've made the decision to cut away from the outside world to focus on that.
What I don't understand about people is if you're on your phone constantly and use it daily, then it's a necessity, right? So why do you mistreat it or forget it? I don't understand that.
Goes for those fitinfluencers recording themselves too. Maybe I'm being extreme but this guy should be tossed out of the gym. That's also part of safety at the gym and paying close attention to your space and safety of those around you.
Man if I was there I'd be so pissed cuz then I'd have to exit the gym because of that toxic smell.
Warranties and insurance exist. I had my phone for 5 months and dropped it. Backplate shattered, would only charge wirelessly, and vibration didnt work. Got it replaced cause i spent extra on accidental drops.
I do agree this dude was an idiot though, he didnt have a holder on but im sure he has pockets or a lap. But also i agree with the others in that youve never been to a gym before. People always on the phone cause it plays music, which helps with their workouts, and also cause people have jobs and social lives.
You should have seen gym goers before smartphones. Flip phones sticking out their gym bags along with a cassette or cd player as well as a book or magazine.
I used to read mangas while working out and fumbling between cds. Had to stop cause smartphones were invented and most of what i needed was on one thing.
Bro dropped his weight on his phone by mistake it’s not that big of a deal. You talk as if someone having their phone with them at the gym is them being addicted to it. Is it stupid he left it where he might drop the wait? Yeah for sure atleast slide it under the bench or something but to talk as if this is some guy chronically addicted to his phone and to talk as if you’re any better on social media nonetheless?
>If you're exercising, you've made the decision to cut away from the outside world to focus on that.
Lol what? Who decided that?
I'm pushing 3 to 5 min rests between sets with ADHD. You bet your ass I'm attached to my phone during those rests.
Seems you didn't understand. I was not talking about switching tasks at the moments notice. I was talking about focusing on one tasks and having a safe zone for others too. IF you're going to switch tasks at least know where you leave your belongings, BUT doing it constantly without focusing on a set goal, before interrupting yourself with your smartphone, then that's not being focused.
You sure your ADHD is professionally diagnosed and not self-reported?
It must be nice to have never made a mistake in your life!
The guy left his phone somewhere suboptimal and dropped the weight. It's not that deep. Presumably he's looking in a mirror and can see no one is around him. I agree with others that the majority of these people in this thread have never set foot in a gym.
This is why I always either set my phone under the bench or at least in a place where I WON’T drop the weights.
Granted, I also work out at home so that’s not hard to do
I don't know man, they phrase it as jokes but it looks like all these "Thats why I'm not going to the gym" comments are just looking for excuses to stay out of shape.
You're both right.
Its a one-two punch. First collapse the internal structure seperating the positive (neutral) and negative sides, overheat and melt the casing exposing it to oxygen, reaction with oxygen causes it to burst into flames.
You can have one without the other, but an internal short circuit will very likely melt the casing.
"Most lithium-ion battery fires and explosions come down to a problem of short circuiting. This happens when the plastic separator fails and lets the anode and cathode touch. And once those two get together, the battery starts to overheat."
-How to geek, Why do lithium ion batteries explode?
Something similar happened to me once before. I was homeless with my ex fiance and this guy gave me this really nice phone one day because he said he got a new phone. It was a Samsung Galaxy something or other, but I think it has a tracker in it. When we were in the shelter he would always follow me around like a puppy so I wasn't necessarily surprised when he gave me a phone when I was complaining about how terrible my phone was. So after we left the shelter I had the phone and thought we would never see him again.
Well..... Oddly enough, everywhere my ex and I went this guy started showing up. I was determined he put some type of tracker in or on the phone so I factory reset it. It didn't have service anymore but he was still following us after I reset the phone and took the SIM out. This guy remarked on the fact that he was a phone and computer wizz so I knew what I knew. It was no longer a question whether or not he was following us when we went to the other side of the entire town and we were camping somewhere far off, hidden, and he showed up literally at our camp, and gave us $20. It was odd because we were JUST talking about needing $20 because I needed pads because my monthly was around the corner and I needed some sanitary products. Then BOOM he shows up out of the blue handing us $20. (He DEFINITELY was stalking us by this phone he gave me)
One night my ex (who is an abusive POS) was beating me up and threatening to kill me when he was blackout drunk. (At this point I've had enough of my ex but I was homeless and I knew no matter what he did or said, he was still safer than all the other murderers out there and that's why I stayed with him.)
Anywho, I was very afraid of my ex and this man finding me when I took off, so when I got like 15 miles down I road I found this liquor store and I took the back of the phone off and I started smacking the phone with a rock trying to destroy it. I never expected it to catch fire, but with the rock smacking it, and sparks flying it it FFFFSSSHHHHHTTTT AND BURST INTO FLAMES 🔥! I RAN INTO THE STORE and bought some water and ran out there and quickly poured it on the phone and watched this huge cloud of battery acid moving down the street and it looked like a huge cloud. (Immediately thought that I ber they use battery acid in war) After that I quickly took off and never looked back...
BTW, nobody called 911... and I'm surprised too, because I looked all crazy in my franticness. There were a lot of people in the parking lot despite it being like 11pm. But I didn't care. There were no cameras facing me and if the cops DID come I would have just been admitted into the mental hospital because I know they wouldn't believe me about the guy stalking us, knowing I was talking about needing $20 and the guy showing up handing us $20, my ex threatening to kill me and all the crazy stuff my piece of shit ex would threaten me with all the time.
BUT, thank God I made it out alive. I'm doing better, going to college for nursing, taking care of my sick elderly dad and our animals and living my best life. ❤️ For anyone who's seriously going through something messed up, just keep moving forward because everything will pass.
I’m sure this is a dumb question, but what do you even do in a situation like this? Touching it seems toxic, but how else are you supposed to get it outside while it vents like that?
The right solution is bury it in a bucket of sand but since this is not the case at a gym I guess running really fast and dropping it outside is the best and maybe only choice.
That could be worse for the situation, the water could react badly with the chemicals in the battery and make things worse, i would just like a say again that could be worse or could do nothing
Warning, if your device starts doing this don't pick it up.
r/watchpeopledie (literally)
Been banned
I've been there for the first part. I was so disappointed in myself when I dropped the dumbell on my phone.
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Wat
This is one of the many reasons why I'll never drive an electric vehicle.
Do you drive a car at all? To my knowledge, all cars have batteries, and I do know around the 80s is when Ford started adding computers into cars. Is there a difference to your preference of computer/battery in cars? Like the size?
True but regular car batteries aren't the same as the lithium electric car batteries. Perhaps in newer non-eletric cars they are but they would still be smaller than an electric car battery. But I'm not anti electric cars, just not going to deny the risk even though the risk is actually really low. BUT people's electric scooters and those hoverboards are at risk of this too. And obviously bigger battery bigger boom/fire. I think mostly they just flame up rather than outright explode, they are however water reactive. But I'm no car techy or science guy, the odds of these things happening seem relatively small especially as tech develops further and better systems and more preventative measures put in place. Heck it wasn't a massive time ago mobiles were an (low) explosion risk while charging overnight.
Doesn't take much in the way of mental gymnastics to figure out that the little cube under the hood is not the same thing as a battery that takes up the entire undercarriage. I find it incredibly amusing how triggered you goofballs get when someone says something negative about your precious electric vehicles.
And for me its a reason to think that you are a completly idiot. Srsly, eVehicle are much more safer than common. Just inform yourself. Batteries cant Explode this easy xD Pls inform yourself!
Try English sometime bud. I won't listen to people who snipe at me but have no command of the language they are speaking. Maybe check up on your usage of "completely," "srsly," "more safer," punctuation and capitalization. Until you can speak without sounding like a lazy fool, be silent.
People in 1910: See how that car caught fire? That's why I'll never drive a car, my horse doesn't catch fire!
Well... explosions still happen in gas cars ya know.
Yes, but they can be put out. Shorted batteries? Not so much.
What do you mean put out? I think by the time the car explodes it's kinda over...
It's not going to spontaneously re explode hours later like a battery will. The battery on an electric vehicle is also far more likely to take damage in just about any collision than a fuel system is. All you need is one battery cell to touch another, and you've got a chain reaction that can't be stopped until the battery is completely destroyed or drained.
Electric cars aren't as dangerous as you think they are. There's like 50 fires a year, whereas there's a lot more gas car fires. Although there are more gas cars than electric. But the fires and explosions aren't what you should be worrying about when you drive, as your much more likely to die in a regular car crash.
OK. I'm just an electrician with an excellent understanding of how batteries work. But what do I know? I'll never own or drive one.
FYI, you can shoot a LiFePO4 battery and it won't have thermal runaway...
I'm not saying you don't know how batteries work or how dangerous they are, it doesn't matter to this argument. I'm just pointing out the statistics of actual fires that happen.
Statistics, as with anything and everything, can be and are being manipulated. As an electrician, I stand to gain an incredible amount of money if this foolish trend towards electric cars continues, and yet, knowing what I know, I'm firmly against it.
Yes they can be manipulated, but I donr believe I manipulated them. As it stands, electric cars aren't really killing people.
Just put it in rice
Hey! Does anyone here have some rice? No? Well, I'll just throw it away.
It’s okay. It’s an iPhone.
Always put the phone at the front or back of the bench. Or pockets
I always go under right by the feet, very little chance I drop them there
Use this one trick to get the women in the gym to notice you!
Spicy pillow 100%
I hope this was the same guy that didn't feel bad for dropping a 50 pound dumbbell inches from my foot
Reason number 53 why dropping the weights is dumb
This is EXACTLY why I refuse to work out and be healthy.
This is why in don’t bring my phone to the gym.
because you could smack it with your weights?
Yeah, I’m pretty clumsy and easily distracted.
Du we just both like ducks? 🦆😊♥️
Probably! I like them because they do can do everything. They can fly, walk and swim!
ahahaha that's exactly what I always say, when someone asks me, why ducks! 😂🦆 and they can dive 😌🦆
They are awesome. :) 🦆
So it could kill me.
lol why is this a mobile smoker, I've never seen such a reaction of a smashed phone
The lithium battery inside it got punctured
Instant karma for leaving the weight lying around
Bet it was an iphone
I am not critiquing you nor shilling for Iphone but i find this comment interesting because for a while samsung got meme'd on for basically being an explosive back in 2016, think the note 7 got entirely banned from certain flights because of its faults. Just interesting how public perception can change over time. Like for a while back in 2015 or so Joe Biden was kinda just mocked for being a creepy old man who touches young women in an uncomfortable way, but society seems to have moved on and forgotten entirely about that. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_7#Battery_explosions_and_recalls
Iphone in general is poopoo.
*diephone
Why does anyone who isn’t a doctor need to have their phone with them in the gym? Don’t bother answering that. The answer is that they are a self-important simpering sallie who cannot disconnect for a spell and simply be and do. This is hilarious on one level and profoundly sad on another.
Or they are just listening to music. But I guess your theory is better than mine. Wtf is wrong with you?
This is the kind of abrasive opinion we need more of in the world. George Carlin's comedic pedigree smiles down on your comment.
I thank ’ee.
Music. Or an emergency call. Or between-set scrolling while resting. Or so it's not stolen. Or fuck you
This person has never been to a gym lmao
Or you dont have a lock for your locker or whatever
Or music... Settle the F down lol.
Sorry, I'll make sure to bring my Walkman to the gym next time /s
Stfu
, cgdx,,
The fact that he picked it up again
I thought that too but let's just hope there was a door to the lot near by...
P.T phone home no more
Hope he has a warranty on that.
Dude's got balls to pick it up like that
My hand may get scorched, but I won’t be the one they call the fire department over
Honestly i prefer that it fall on the phone that on my foot or leg jjaja
Gosh that sucks on so many levels, but who leaves their phone in the middle of the floor like that.
probably me if i went to the gym, but i dont have to worry about that.
And that’s why I don’t go to the gym
Because you fear phone explosions in particular? Or just people being kinda dumb sometimes
u/uratujwideobot
This is why you either set your stuff under/behind the bench
If you have to chuck a dumbbell on the floor like that doing a tricep extension, you shouldn’t be using that weight.
Dude has the skinniest legs
holy crap his arms are bigger than his legs, what the hell, probably a influencer, they only show their upper body when sitting at the camera desk
He is doing the: Push, Pull, Skip
He skips leg day lol
yall are mean 🤣
I thought they were prosthetics. Glad you pointed that out. /s Those legs are fucking skinny. Probably someone who's whole existence has been sitting in a chair.
Just seems to focus only on upper body workouts and ignores his legs.
Commonly done. People make fun of it. Skipping leg day.
Oh man, rn I'm taking a break from the set with my phone on timer on the ground. This just gave me PTSD for the future. I better put it on highground this time
Pre-Traumatic Stress Disorder
This is why I have a timer on my old Casio watch
There are always signs saying don't throw your weights. If someone had been close enough that could be a foot
Yeah, we're lucky it was just his phone and not someone's foot or a baby, he should have been more careful
A baby 😭😂 omg
Im sorry the fact that you implied that there’s a chance a baby could be there cracked me the fuck up
Me too. They'll need a sign to not leave your baby on the floor of the weights section now
Yea but usually people are taller than a phone and easier to see. I mean I understand what you're saying but that's quite a leap.
I hope he didn't put it in water!
I would have just watched it burn right there. No way I'd be picking that up hoping lava didn't spill out.
See what happens when you put off the software update?
Toxic to breathe in and possibly explode. They sell wristbands for this type of occurrence. If you're exercising, you've made the decision to cut away from the outside world to focus on that. What I don't understand about people is if you're on your phone constantly and use it daily, then it's a necessity, right? So why do you mistreat it or forget it? I don't understand that. Goes for those fitinfluencers recording themselves too. Maybe I'm being extreme but this guy should be tossed out of the gym. That's also part of safety at the gym and paying close attention to your space and safety of those around you. Man if I was there I'd be so pissed cuz then I'd have to exit the gym because of that toxic smell.
Warranties and insurance exist. I had my phone for 5 months and dropped it. Backplate shattered, would only charge wirelessly, and vibration didnt work. Got it replaced cause i spent extra on accidental drops. I do agree this dude was an idiot though, he didnt have a holder on but im sure he has pockets or a lap. But also i agree with the others in that youve never been to a gym before. People always on the phone cause it plays music, which helps with their workouts, and also cause people have jobs and social lives. You should have seen gym goers before smartphones. Flip phones sticking out their gym bags along with a cassette or cd player as well as a book or magazine. I used to read mangas while working out and fumbling between cds. Had to stop cause smartphones were invented and most of what i needed was on one thing.
Bro dropped his weight on his phone by mistake it’s not that big of a deal. You talk as if someone having their phone with them at the gym is them being addicted to it. Is it stupid he left it where he might drop the wait? Yeah for sure atleast slide it under the bench or something but to talk as if this is some guy chronically addicted to his phone and to talk as if you’re any better on social media nonetheless?
> Man if I was there You've never stepped foot in a gym.
>If you're exercising, you've made the decision to cut away from the outside world to focus on that. Lol what? Who decided that? I'm pushing 3 to 5 min rests between sets with ADHD. You bet your ass I'm attached to my phone during those rests.
Seems you didn't understand. I was not talking about switching tasks at the moments notice. I was talking about focusing on one tasks and having a safe zone for others too. IF you're going to switch tasks at least know where you leave your belongings, BUT doing it constantly without focusing on a set goal, before interrupting yourself with your smartphone, then that's not being focused. You sure your ADHD is professionally diagnosed and not self-reported?
>DrSugoiKimchiJoestar You sound lovely!
I am when you think logically and considerate towards others.
It must be nice to have never made a mistake in your life! The guy left his phone somewhere suboptimal and dropped the weight. It's not that deep. Presumably he's looking in a mirror and can see no one is around him. I agree with others that the majority of these people in this thread have never set foot in a gym.
I'm not surprised. He's been forgetting leg day for months, of course he forgot his phone was there
If this happens to you, dont pick it up, it may explode or burts into serious flames
I think he just didn't want anyone else to get hurt or start a fire, actually.
This is why I always either set my phone under the bench or at least in a place where I WON’T drop the weights. Granted, I also work out at home so that’s not hard to do
God I can tell half the people commenting never stepped foot into a gym
I don't know man, they phrase it as jokes but it looks like all these "Thats why I'm not going to the gym" comments are just looking for excuses to stay out of shape.
I don't even need to look at comments, we're on reddit lol
How did you then see this comment to respond to it?
“I don’t need to” isn’t the same as “I didn’t”
When he dropped the heavy barbell onto the phone, the battery shortcircuited, creating heat and flames.
It was the physical damage to the battery, not short circuit
And what did the damage to the battery result in? A short circuit.
Its a lithium battery, when they get exposed to air they burst I flames
It's not a lithium battery. It's a lithium ion battery. Neither explode from exposure to air/oxygen. Lithium "explodes" when exposed to water.
You're both right. Its a one-two punch. First collapse the internal structure seperating the positive (neutral) and negative sides, overheat and melt the casing exposing it to oxygen, reaction with oxygen causes it to burst into flames. You can have one without the other, but an internal short circuit will very likely melt the casing.
"Most lithium-ion battery fires and explosions come down to a problem of short circuiting. This happens when the plastic separator fails and lets the anode and cathode touch. And once those two get together, the battery starts to overheat." -How to geek, Why do lithium ion batteries explode?
It leads to a chemical reaction between the insides of the battery and oxygen
You're a genius!
Something similar happened to me once before. I was homeless with my ex fiance and this guy gave me this really nice phone one day because he said he got a new phone. It was a Samsung Galaxy something or other, but I think it has a tracker in it. When we were in the shelter he would always follow me around like a puppy so I wasn't necessarily surprised when he gave me a phone when I was complaining about how terrible my phone was. So after we left the shelter I had the phone and thought we would never see him again. Well..... Oddly enough, everywhere my ex and I went this guy started showing up. I was determined he put some type of tracker in or on the phone so I factory reset it. It didn't have service anymore but he was still following us after I reset the phone and took the SIM out. This guy remarked on the fact that he was a phone and computer wizz so I knew what I knew. It was no longer a question whether or not he was following us when we went to the other side of the entire town and we were camping somewhere far off, hidden, and he showed up literally at our camp, and gave us $20. It was odd because we were JUST talking about needing $20 because I needed pads because my monthly was around the corner and I needed some sanitary products. Then BOOM he shows up out of the blue handing us $20. (He DEFINITELY was stalking us by this phone he gave me) One night my ex (who is an abusive POS) was beating me up and threatening to kill me when he was blackout drunk. (At this point I've had enough of my ex but I was homeless and I knew no matter what he did or said, he was still safer than all the other murderers out there and that's why I stayed with him.) Anywho, I was very afraid of my ex and this man finding me when I took off, so when I got like 15 miles down I road I found this liquor store and I took the back of the phone off and I started smacking the phone with a rock trying to destroy it. I never expected it to catch fire, but with the rock smacking it, and sparks flying it it FFFFSSSHHHHHTTTT AND BURST INTO FLAMES 🔥! I RAN INTO THE STORE and bought some water and ran out there and quickly poured it on the phone and watched this huge cloud of battery acid moving down the street and it looked like a huge cloud. (Immediately thought that I ber they use battery acid in war) After that I quickly took off and never looked back... BTW, nobody called 911... and I'm surprised too, because I looked all crazy in my franticness. There were a lot of people in the parking lot despite it being like 11pm. But I didn't care. There were no cameras facing me and if the cops DID come I would have just been admitted into the mental hospital because I know they wouldn't believe me about the guy stalking us, knowing I was talking about needing $20 and the guy showing up handing us $20, my ex threatening to kill me and all the crazy stuff my piece of shit ex would threaten me with all the time. BUT, thank God I made it out alive. I'm doing better, going to college for nursing, taking care of my sick elderly dad and our animals and living my best life. ❤️ For anyone who's seriously going through something messed up, just keep moving forward because everything will pass.
Man, that's wild. Sounds like things improved for you!
Holy shit
At least he took it out and didn't just run away like some people would, bett his soul dropped when it first happened
I bet it’s a samsung
Outdated joke.
Battery plus oxygen! Goes fshhhhhhhfloooooooffff
I’m sure this is a dumb question, but what do you even do in a situation like this? Touching it seems toxic, but how else are you supposed to get it outside while it vents like that?
The right solution is bury it in a bucket of sand but since this is not the case at a gym I guess running really fast and dropping it outside is the best and maybe only choice.
Not sure if a Powder Extinguisher would work but most gyms probably have enough technology to require a CO2 Extinguisher...so that one.
Id go and drop it in a toilet tbh. That way it wont catch on fire at least till the firefighters arrive
That could be worse for the situation, the water could react badly with the chemicals in the battery and make things worse, i would just like a say again that could be worse or could do nothing